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Lake Boga granite quarry, Lake Boga, Victoria, Australia
An operating granite quarry 10km SSW of Lake Boga (17 km S of Swan Hill). Phosphates and uranium minerals occur in miarolitic voids. Pegmatite veins are common.
Mineral List
73 entries listed. 67 valid minerals. 4 type localities (valid minerals).
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References
- Birch, W. D., Mumme, W. G. & Segnit, E. R. (1988): Ulrichite: a new copper calcium uranium phosphate from Lake Boga, Victoria, Australia. Australian Mineral. 3 (3), 125-131.
- Henry, D. A. and Birch, W. D. (1988): Sampleite and associated minerals from the Lake Boga granite quarry, Victoria, Australia. Austral. Mineral. 3, 135-148.
- Birch, W. D. (1993): Phosphate minerals in granite rocks. In Phosphate Minerals of Victoria. (Birch, W.D. and Henry, D.A., Eds). Special Publication N°3, The Mineralogical Society of Victoria, 5-39.
- Birch, W. D. (1996): Portlandite and other recent mineral discoveries in the granites at Lake Boga, Wycheproof and Pyramid Hill, Victoria. Australian J. of Mineralogy 2 (2), 47-50.
- Birch, B., Pring, A., Kolitsch, U. (1999) Bleasdaleite, (Ca,Fe 3+)2Cu5(Bi, Cu)(PO4)4(H2O,OH,Cl)13, a new mineral from Lake Boga, Victoria, Australia. Australian Journal of Mineralogy: 5: 69-75.
- Mills, S. J. (2004) Metanatroautunite (‘sodium autunite’) from the Lake Boga Granite, Victoria, Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 10 (1), 29–31.
- Mills, S. J., Birch, W. D., Maas, R., Phillips, D. & Plimer, I. R. (2008) Lake Boga Granite, northwestern Victoria: mineralogy, geochemistry and geochronology, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 55(3), 281–299.
- Mills, S. J., Birch, W. D., Kolitsch, U., Mumme, W. G. & Grey, I. E. (2008) Lakebogaite, CaNaFe3+2H(UO2)2(PO4)4(OH)2(H2O)8, a new uranyl phosphate with a unique crystal structure from Victoria, Australia, American Mineralogist, 93(4), 691–697.
- Birch, W. D. (2008) Victoria's Uranium secret, Australasian Science Magazine, September, 22-24.
- Mills, S. J., Birch, W. D., Kolitsch, U. & Sejkora, J. (2008) Kunatite, CuFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2.4H2O, a new member of the whitmoreite group from Lake Boga, Victoria, Australia, Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 14(1), 3–12.
- Mills, S. J. & Birch, W. D. (2010) Uranmineralien aus dem Lake-Boga-Granit, Victoria, Australien. Mineralien-Welt, 21(3), 62–67. (In German)
- Mills, S. J., Birch, W. D. & Kampf, A. R. (2012) The crystal structure of metanatroautunite, Na[(UO2)(PO4)](H2O)3, from the Lake Boga granite, Victoria, Australia. American Mineralogist, 97(4), 735–738.
- Henry, D. A. and Birch, W. D. (1988): Sampleite and associated minerals from the Lake Boga granite quarry, Victoria, Australia. Austral. Mineral. 3, 135-148.
- Birch, W. D. (1993): Phosphate minerals in granite rocks. In Phosphate Minerals of Victoria. (Birch, W.D. and Henry, D.A., Eds). Special Publication N°3, The Mineralogical Society of Victoria, 5-39.
- Birch, W. D. (1996): Portlandite and other recent mineral discoveries in the granites at Lake Boga, Wycheproof and Pyramid Hill, Victoria. Australian J. of Mineralogy 2 (2), 47-50.
- Birch, B., Pring, A., Kolitsch, U. (1999) Bleasdaleite, (Ca,Fe 3+)2Cu5(Bi, Cu)(PO4)4(H2O,OH,Cl)13, a new mineral from Lake Boga, Victoria, Australia. Australian Journal of Mineralogy: 5: 69-75.
- Mills, S. J. (2004) Metanatroautunite (‘sodium autunite’) from the Lake Boga Granite, Victoria, Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 10 (1), 29–31.
- Mills, S. J., Birch, W. D., Maas, R., Phillips, D. & Plimer, I. R. (2008) Lake Boga Granite, northwestern Victoria: mineralogy, geochemistry and geochronology, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 55(3), 281–299.
- Mills, S. J., Birch, W. D., Kolitsch, U., Mumme, W. G. & Grey, I. E. (2008) Lakebogaite, CaNaFe3+2H(UO2)2(PO4)4(OH)2(H2O)8, a new uranyl phosphate with a unique crystal structure from Victoria, Australia, American Mineralogist, 93(4), 691–697.
- Birch, W. D. (2008) Victoria's Uranium secret, Australasian Science Magazine, September, 22-24.
- Mills, S. J., Birch, W. D., Kolitsch, U. & Sejkora, J. (2008) Kunatite, CuFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2.4H2O, a new member of the whitmoreite group from Lake Boga, Victoria, Australia, Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 14(1), 3–12.
- Mills, S. J. & Birch, W. D. (2010) Uranmineralien aus dem Lake-Boga-Granit, Victoria, Australien. Mineralien-Welt, 21(3), 62–67. (In German)
- Mills, S. J., Birch, W. D. & Kampf, A. R. (2012) The crystal structure of metanatroautunite, Na[(UO2)(PO4)](H2O)3, from the Lake Boga granite, Victoria, Australia. American Mineralogist, 97(4), 735–738.
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